Oh the snowflakes fell in silenceOver Belleau Wood that nightFor a Christmas truce had been declaredBy both sides of the fightAs we lay there in our trenchesThe silence broke in twoBy a German soldier singingA song that we all knewThough I did not know the languageThe song was "Silent Night"Then I heard my buddy whisper"All is calm and all is bright"Then the fear and doubt surrounded me'Cause I'd die if I was wrongBut I stood up on my trenchAnd I began to sing alongThen across the frozen battlefieldAnother's voice joined inUntil one by one each man becameA singer of the hymnThen I thought that I was dreamingFor right there in my sightStood the German soldier'Neath the falling flakes of whiteAnd he raised his hand and smiled at meAs if he seemed to sayHere's hoping we both liveTo see us find a better wayThen the devil's clock struck midnightAnd the skies lit up againAnd the battlefield where heaven stoodWas blown to hell againBut for just one fleeting momentThe answer seemed so clearHeaven's not beyond the cloudsIt's just beyond the fearNo' heaven's not beyond the cloudsIt's for us to find it here